The warmth of human embrace cannot be eclipsed by any material endowment. Beneath our skin resides a vast reservoir of care. Through the fall, we have somehow suffered a shared amnesia that pulled us out from our true flourishing.
Thus, I see people passing by with not a slight regard for the sheer magic of an introductory hello. We have imbibed the dictum that we are strangers in a paradise lost.
And then comes a little puppy that somehow pinches our nerves to a moment of wander.